Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-05
DECATUR.
Wise County Desires TO be Heard
on Mr.. Lanham's Bill for
Relief Of Drouth Sufferers.
Public School with a Magnificent
Map of the United States.
Special to the Gazette.

DECATUR, TEX, Jan. 4.-Hon. j. W.
Booth will start to Austin this evening,
where he will remain until after the legis-
lature adiourns. Col. Booth is not q
member of the legislature, but will guard
the interest of Wise county all the same.
We swear by Booth when it comes to
brain work for our county.
Decatur public schools opened yester-
day with full list of teachers and about
325 scholars.
Our county Judge was unable to be at
Albany to attend the relief committee
meeting, but We want to be heard in leg
islative and on Hon. S. W. T. Lanhsm's
bill for relief. We have many in the
southern and western portions of Wise
county who are actually destitute, and
will suffer If not helped.
On Tuesday, January +, 1887, Hon. j..
W. Booth requested the chairman of the
ss8ool board, T. j. Nc hurry, to assemble
ttSs Decatur school board in the mayors
Fofsse at once, when, upon their assem-
bling, the colonel appeared before them
bearing q very valuable and beautiful map
of the Bnfted States, present from the
Hon. J. w. Throckmorton, our repre-
sentative to congress. The colonel said
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Decatur School Board-Allow me to pre-
sent to the Decatur schools, through
your honorable body, a beautiful and
useful map of the United States, presented
by the Hon. j. W. Throckmortop, with
the hope and wish that it will be received
and used to the advantage of the city
hot ha n n
school and accepted as slight evil
dence of his appreciation for
the people of the city of Decatur.
Hon. Fl. D. Donald, member of the De-
catur board of trustees, responded as fol-
lows: In response to the neat and ap-
propriate presentation remarks of the
Hon. J. W Booth upon the presentation
to the Decatur schools Of large, beauti-
full and useful map of the United States
in behalf of an6 with the compliments CT
the Hon. j. W. Throckmorton, our
worthy member of congress, l beg to say
in behalf of the bosrd of trustees ard
people of Decatur that IN accepting the
gift for the use and benefit Of our school,
that we do so with the full appreciation
of the kind intention and generous dis
position which has ever been character
istIc Of this one of our most worthy and
distinguished congressman. Having
known him for more than thirty 900
years and during the greater
portion of that time, he has been in pub
lie capacity serving his country, and his
fellow citizens who knew him best loved
him most. am proud to say he has ever
been the earnest advocate of and leader
in the promotion and advancement of the
cause of public education in our grand
and noble state. Railroads and public
education were his two great desires
when first knew him. Railroads to de-
velop the country and education to devel-
op the minds Of the people. The first OBJ
ject has been accomplished, probably far
beyond his most saDguine expectations.
The latter is now advancing and improv
ing at rate within the borders of his
beloved state that may justly cause his
generous and patriotic soul to swell with
pride and qualification. This is not the
first instance of his remembrance and
favor to the decatur public school,"
but we, as trustees, on that account only
appreciate this manifestation the more,
and in behalf of our school and the citl-
zens of Decatur. we will ask you, sir, as
his representative, on this joyful coca
sion, To return 10 him our most heartfelt
and sincere thanks for this beautiful and
useful present, with our earnest and
united invocation that the distinguished
douor may yet live TO see the day when
education has developed the people of the
Lone Star State as far beyond his expec-
tation as the railroads have already done
the country.
1t was moved aud carried that the
board of trustees accept the present aud
return thanks to Hon.J w. ThrockmortOn
and his representative, j. w. Doth, ESQ.
and that VIC indOrse the remarks of our
Mr. Donald as more fully expressive of
our gratitude and appreciation OF the
worthy gift.
That copy of the presentation re-
marks, together with the remarks OF II.
d. Donald accepting, be spread upon the
minutes Of this board, and copy be fur
Dished to Hon. j. W. Booth TO forward to
Hon. j. W. Throckmorton, and copy
alss be furnished to the Fort Worth GA
zETTE, Decatur papers and Mckinney IN
quirer with q request to publish the
same. T. J. MCMURRAY, Mayor.
II. D. DONALD, Sec'y Protein.